English Dictionary

extraocular muscle

noun

(anatomy) Any of the six small voluntary muscles that pass between the eyeball and the orbit and control the movement and stabilization of the eyeball in relation to the orbit.

The extraocular muscles are responsible for controlling eye movements.

意味（1）

(anatomy) Any of the six small voluntary muscles that pass between the eyeball and the orbit and control the movement and stabilization of the eyeball in relation to the orbit.

Meronyms: medial rectus, lateral rectus, inferior oblique muscle, inferior rectus, superior oblique muscle, superior rectus